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Maryland DOT seeks developer for Bowie State station mixed-use plan
Progressive Railroading
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August 15, 2025
Rail News Home Passenger Rail 8/15/2025 Rail News: Passenger Rail The Bowie State University station is located on MARC's Penn Line, one of the region's busiest commuter-rail lines. Photo – Maryland Department of Transportation The Maryland...
Dayton adds ACC school to 2025-26 non-conference schedule
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
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With Virginia. of the Atlantic Coast Conference, on the schedule, Dayton now has non-conference games against six programs from the top five conferences. The Flyers also play Cincinnati (Big 12), Marquette (Big East), Georgetown (Big East),...
The program making some Baltimore youth top job candidates in a tough economy
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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Young adults are finding it especially tough to secure employment in today’s job market. This spring has featured the highest unemployment for people ages 16-24 since the pandemic, according to the Economic Policy Institute. The state of the U.S....
How should entrepreneurs choose a place to live?
Technical.ly
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August 17, 2025
A three-step rubric for founders Start with life fit (housing, schools/childcare, safety, walkability, culture) — then validate the ecosystem. Look for activity you can touch: meetups, coworking, connectors, customers. Beware paper-thin landing...
Maryland Renaissance Festival Warns Of Fake Tickets Amid Record Demand
The Bay Net - Maryland
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August 15, 2025
Source: rennfest.com | Photo by Pedro Blanco – Honorable Mention – Best Photo (2024 Photo Contest Winner) ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Despite being months away, the peak season for the Maryland Renaissance Festival is already starting to sell out. When...
MLB trade deadline re-grades: We were all wrong about Brewers
USA Today
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Brewers didn't make any big moves but won 14 games in a row after the trade deadline. Mets and Yankees overhauled their bullpens but new additions have been a bust. Cubs failed to upgrade and have completely fallen out of the NL Central race in...
DC unemployment rate remains highest in US for third consecutive month
FOX 5 DC - Maryland
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MIAMI, FLORIDA - MAY 05: A 'Now Hiring' sign posted on the window of a business looking to hire workers on May 05, 2023 in Miami, Florida. A report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed the US economy added 253,000 jobs in April. (Photo by Joe...
Baltimore’s hottest spot for Maryland Dems is... a Residence Inn rooftop?
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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Enter through the lobby, go past the elderly patient on oxygen, take the elevator to the top, make a left — a right will lead you to a mechanical room blocked off by caution tape — and step into the bar. The sterile decor matches the extended-stay...
Baltimore accepts reduced opioid settlement from 2 distributors
WBAL TV - Maryland
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August 15, 2025
AND JEN, WHAT’S THE TOTAL NOW? HEY, ACCORDING TO MAYOR BRANDON SCOTT, THE TOTAL IS NOW $579 MILLION. AND THAT IS AFTER RECEIVING SETTLEMENTS FROM FOUR DIFFERENT COMPANIES INCLUDING WALGREENS AND CVS. NOW IN 2018, THE CITY OPTED OUT OF A GLOBAL...
Maryland Taps Affordable Care Act Fund To Help Pay for Abortion Care
KFF Health News - California
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August 15, 2025
Maryland is the first state to tap into an old fund connected to the Affordable Care Act to help solve a new problem: helping pay the expenses of patients who travel to Maryland for an abortion. With abortion now restricted or illegal in 22...
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore ‘committed’ to nuclear energy as Trump builds new reactors
Baltimore Sun - Maryland
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August 15, 2025
No Maryland-based companies were included in President Donald Trump’s push to build three new nuclear reactors, but both Gov. Wes Moore and a Republican state senator believe pursuing nuclear power is important for the state’s energy needs....
Baltimore will accept opioid deal that cuts lawsuit winnings nearly in half
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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The city of Baltimore decided to accept court winnings of $152 million from a pair of drug distributors in its opioid lawsuit, amounting to a little more than half of what a jury awarded the city late last year. The winnings bring the total that...
Baltimore County farm that educates thousands faces uncertain future due to proposed transmission line project
WMAR-2 News - Maryland
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August 14, 2025
BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. — A century-old family farm that now serves as an educational space for thousands of visitors each year faces an uncertain future as it sits directly in the path of a proposed power transmission project. WATCH: Century-old...
Baltimore accepts judge’s reduced $152.3 million award in opioid lawsuit
Baltimore Sun - Maryland
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August 14, 2025
Baltimore has accepted a $152.3 million award in an opioid lawsuit against drugmakers McKesson and Cencora, boosting the city’s total awards from pharmaceutical companies to $579.8 million. The city accepted the award Thursday afternoon, after...
Three businesses targeted overnight in North Baltimore
WBAL TV - Maryland
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August 17, 2025
ACTUALLY CAUGHT ON CAMERA. THEY WERE KHIREE. AND THAT FOOTAGE COMING FROM THE INSIDE OF NEPENTHE BREWING COMPANY HERE ALONG THE BUSY FALLS ROAD. THIS IS IN HAMPDEN, NORTH BALTIMORE. YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME THAT RED PLYWOOD NOW COVERING WHERE THE...
Baltimore lawmakers consider facial recognition technology after recent Mt. Washington break-ins
CBS 13 Baltimore - Maryland
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Some Baltimore leaders argue that it's time to use facial recognition technology to find the person responsible for a string of burglaries and break-ins in the Mount Washington neighborhood. The debate is dividing people in the community, as the...
Baltimore accepts $152 million award in litigation against opioid distributors
CBS 13 Baltimore - Maryland
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Baltimore accepted a $152 million jury award in its litigation against two pharmaceutical companies — McKesson and Cencora (formerly AmerisourceBergen) — for their roles in the city's opioid crisis. City leaders were initially told by a judge that...
Maryland State House brick wall renovations | PHOTOS
Capital Gazette - Maryland
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August 14, 2025
A crew with The Durable Restoration Company removes old mortar from the brick wall around the Maryland State House to be replaced with new mortar as part of restorations being made around the complex. A crew with The Durable Restoration Company...
Maryland’s IT Master Plan Outlines Modernization Efforts
Government Technology
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August 14, 2025
Maryland’s Department of Information Technology (DoIT) has released its 2025 IT Master Plan, an 86-page road map designed to reshape how the state builds, manages and delivers technology services from fiscal year 2026 through 2028. At the heart of...
AFRO’s Black Business Matters Expo debuts Power Pitch competition
Baltimore Afro-American - Maryland
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August 17, 2025
By Tavon N. Thomasson AFRO Intern The AFRO-American Newspaper hosted its fifth annual Black Business Matters Expo on Aug. 14 at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture, debuting its first official AFRO Power...